OS X Mavericks hits 2.42% market share, passing all predecessors after just one full month of availability

With the release of OS X 10.9 in October, Apple in November saw the first full month of availability for its latest operating system version, just like Microsoft. Unlike Windows, however, the latest OS X release has already managed to grab first place in market share last month, beating out all its predecessors very quickly.

OS X users have always upgraded faster than their Windows counterparts. That being said, there are far fewer Macs in the world, so it shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that OS X 10.9 is already leading the way.

Apple will undoubtedly be pleased with the development. Just like Microsoft, the company made its newest operating system version a free upgrade in order to remove a big obstacle that slowed users from getting the latest and greatest software.

The real question now is how long will it take for OS X 10.9 to gain more share than all other OS X versions? It probably won’t happen this year, but we likely won’t have to wait more than a couple of months. We’re betting on January or February, and we’ll let you know as soon as the scales tip again.